combination press

A particular type of press, either manufactured
commercially or homemade, frequently the latter,
that serves more than one purpose, e.g., as a LYING PRESS that can
be turned on its side and used as a NIPPING PRESS , or a
press that serves as aSTANDING PRESS ,BACKING PRESS , or as
a press for CASING-IN , having
brass-edged boards built into both cheeks. (173 , 231 )